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Apple Retail Employee Steals $16,000+ Worth Of iPhones –

Review Date: February, 23

Business

Today The Charlotte Observer reported that 25 iPhones had been reported stolen from the Northlake Mall retail store in Charlotte, North Carolina. All 25 of the iPhones were stolen between December 1 and January 11. Smash and grabs are not rare at Apple stores but what separates this story from the rest is that the main suspect in an employee from the store

“The iPhones were stolen from the Genius Room located inside of the store,” a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report says. “The suspect did have access to the Genius Room.”

The stolen phones, which are valued at $16,425, include 22 16-gigabyte iPhone 4S models, one 64-GB 4S model, one eight-GB iPhone 4 model and one 32-GB 4S model.